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Table 3 Tolerance types and their values for systematic errors

From: Tolerance analysis of non-depolarizing double-pass polarimetry

Tolerance type

Value

Source

In step

\(\Delta I_{0}^{x,y},\Delta I_{i}^{x,y}\)

10 bit

CCD

1,2,3

ΔRX

\(1-\sqrt {0.45}\)

mirror

1,2

ΔRY

\(1-\sqrt {0.43}\)

mirror

1,2

ΔRX

\(1-\sqrt {0.5}\)

hemispherical mirror

3

ΔRY

\(1-\sqrt {0.4}\)

hemispherical mirror

3

ΔΦ

3

mirror

1,2

ΔΦ

3

hemispherical mirror

3

ΔΘ

0.2

mirror

1,2

Diattenuation

0.115% RMS OZP

objective in forward path

3

Retardance

0.15 RMS OZP

objective in forward path

3

Diattenuation

0.114% RMS OZP

objective in backward path

3

Retardance

0.14 RMS OZP

objective in backward path

3